[2020] Aging Mechanic

Originally posted by rockhydra94

I think they should live for 20-30 hours of playtime

Originally posted by TrueLoliMaestro

Wow response is fast, this is nice.

Well to be honest I don't have a solid grasp on how long they should live but personally I think that 132-140 days(2.5-3 full seasons). I think that this is a nice balance considering that some humans you start off with are as old as 50-60 yrs old.

But the thing that really bummed me the most is the "age number". I was not expecting my solo human at his starting at his prime suddenly turned middle aged after an hour or so since I was shocked to know that one day is equal to a year.

Also I'm currently doing an Ancient playthrough( ferocious-ferocious) and reached autumn but there is still no merchant that came to visit, Is this normal for Ancients?.

Lastly, this game is pretty fun :)

Originally posted by rockhydra94

I guess I can't quantify it in numbers, but I can describe how I feel.

I think that even an old character should be allowed to live long enough to see a few battles and achieve some milestones and have their story play out.

For me the game is really fun when I identify with a character and we can grow together.

I chose an older settler to be the main character in my story. He didn't live to see the first battle and I felt like his story was cut short. I was hoping that he would live long enough to achieve many victories in battle and see the construction of a great settlement.

I hope that makes sense. Thank you for a wonderful game.

Originally posted by RushVoidStaff

Did you mean each hour of in game time is 60 seconds of play time?

Originally posted by Croce11

I think the best solution is to just let the players decide how many days it takes to age people up by a year. 1 day being the default setting, maybe going as high as 10-15 days or higher.

Right now people live so short that I don't feel like investing in their skills is worth it. I can rename people but I don't feel bothered to do so since they just die after a year or two anyways. If someone dies in combat it doesn't feel like that big of a deal they were going to die soon anyways.

There's pros and cons to each type of setting. Which is why it should be player choice in some options menu.

If I want to do a hermit playthrough I'd like my character to last a very long time. So a 15 day per year setting would help here. But if you're trying to play some grand civilization you'll probably want them to age as they do now. So they can make babies and have the children age up into adults ASAP. Most people would probably want something in the middle, a modest amount of settlers that live for a reasonable amount of time. No one answer will make anyone happy.